aubuti = older brother in the Setswana and Sesotho languages, spoken
mostly in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa. It is not restricted to
blood relatives, but is also used among friends of similar ages.
I've lived in southern Africa off and on for the past 20+ years, first
in Botswana (1982-85) where my friends commonly addressed me as aubuti
(ah-oo-BOO-tee) and I addressed them in kind (ausi for women). For some
reason it struck me as a good username when I started on the Ubuntu
forums about 3 years ago ('Ubuntu also has southern Africa origins'
(http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct)). And it carried over to
other things I started doing around the same time, including this
forum, Last.fm, and maybe a few others.
My avatar? I don't know, Calvin and Hobbes just always cracked me up,
and especially when my son was 6-8 years old and really wanted to *be*
Calvin. The hard part was choosing *which* image to use, but the
snowmen are great. I've had thoughts of rotating the C&H images, but
laziness always takes over....
--
aubuti
Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it. MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu
8.04) feeding: Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8;
Kitchen/Dining: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pairs Polk RC60i; Living
room: SB3 > Technics SA-EX140 > Bose Acoustimass 3; Bedroom: Boom +
SBC; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB2 > Klipsch
ProMedia 2.0
http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/
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